The Triumph of Dionysos

Convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day

By (author) John Boardman

Book cover: The Triumph of Dionysos

Extent: 84 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Classical Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(April 2014)

ISBN: 9781905739707

6.85 x 9.65 inches

Price: $40.00

In stock

Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. The iconography survived the ancient world into Renaissance and neo-Classical arts, and may even have contributed to the practices of modern circus parades.


Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. It became associated with Alexander the Great’s comparable victories and later served as a message of immortality for any mortal prince. The iconography survived the ancient world into Renaissance and neo-Classical arts, and may even have contributed to the practices of modern circus parades with their wild animals, maenad-snake-charmers and clown-satyrs: an unusual, indeed unique, survival.

Preface
THE DIONYSIAC PROCESSION IN EARLY GREECE
THE EGYPTIAN CONNECTION: STAGING THE TRIUMPH
DIONYSOS AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN THE EAST
THE PROCESSION IN HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN ART AND LIFE
THE ORIENTAL SUCCESSION
THE RENAISSANCE
THE MODERN WORLD, Preface ;

THE DIONYSIAC PROCESSION IN EARLY GREECE ;

THE EGYPTIAN CONNECTION: STAGING THE TRIUMPH ;

DIONYSOS AND ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN THE EAST ;

THE PROCESSION IN HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN ART AND LIFE ;

THE ORIENTAL SUCCESSION ;

THE RENAISSANCE ;

THE MODERN WORLD

  • By (author) John Boardman